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the optimum population trust blog (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
Councils in England are being urged to set aside homes for people with a connection to their local area. Authorities already have the power to do this - but not all use it. Housing Minister John Healey says he wants them to be more flexible in the way they apply the rules and tailor allocation more closely [...]
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MayorWatch (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
Councils should "combat the myths and misunderstandings" surrounding the allocation of council housing according to Housing Minister John Healey.
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nearlylegal (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009
... their local priorities so that local views are reflected in allocation policies. By the way, since John Healy became housing minister, every single bloody press release begins “Housing Minister John Healey has today…”. This didn’t happen with Beckett, or even with Flint, and the relentless repetitive self-promotion, even claiming credit for decisions that far pre-dated his...
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Redlands LibDems (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
Hardly a day has gone past over the past few months without more meaningless statements from Labour ministers about housing. As Lib Dem housing spokesperson on Reading Borough Council since 2006 I spent a lot of time on the doorstep, in the Council chamber and on this blog campaigning for action rather than empty promises on housing issues. Earlier today John Healey, Minister for Housing...
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SalvoNEWS (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
London UK - THE Government has back-pedalled on the immediate replacement of PPG15 with PPS15 (see Salvo calls for architectural salvage trade to lobby their MPs about a proposed new undemocratic law/rule ). They are now reviewing things. In October 2009 Mark Field, TK's constituency MP for Westminster, kindly sent our comments about PPS15 to Rt Hon John Healey MP for Wentworth and minister...
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Latest News (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
Housing minister John Healey has pledged £10 million to help more councils develop plans for eco-towns.
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Latest News (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
Housing minister John Healey has pledged £10 million to help more councils develop plans for eco-towns.
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Tory Politico (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
... and Kempston) * Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East) * Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham) * John Healey (Wentworth) * Margaret Hodge (Barking) * Geoff Hoon (Ashfield) * Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley) * Tessa Jowell (Dulwich and West Norwood) * Sally Keeble (Northampton North) * Ruth Kelly (Bolton West) * Jim Knight (South Dorset) * Ivan Lewis (South Bury) * Martin Linton (Battersea) *...
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Labour Matters (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
... of the first 1,000 homes. Paul Blomfield said: “I’m very pleased that Labour’s Housing Minister John Healey has launched a national crackdown on people who fraudulently sub-let social housing and cheat everyone else in real need of a home. “I hope Sheffield Council makes the best use of the £50,000 Government funding and acts quickly on the local leads among the 8,000 that have been...